Pursuit of Awesome

Thursday - May 28

Bike

30m

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easy spin on trainer

Swim

27m 30s

1650.00 yards

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600 wu
16 x 50 decend 1-4
250 wd

going to have to pack up today as we will be leaving straight from work tomorrow. i had hoped to be on the course a little more during the race, but with two little ones (and our friends with two little ones), we'll be lucky to make it to the finish before the girls do. hope the huge cowboy hats come in time, should make us easy to find at the finish.

well well well, looks like i was able to center the picture without centering the text....today anyway.

noz got a raise! that entitles noz to a little somethin somethin for himself, right? what shall it be? can't think of anything i really need. hmmmm. any suggestions?

Tuesday - May 26

Swim

25m

1600.00 yards

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400 wu
10 x 100, ebef
200 wd

swim week! if only they could all be swim week. i was talking with someone about competing in triathlons (who didn't know much other than it involved swimming, biking and running). she said, "well, if you didn't have to do the swim in that cold water, i bet you would like it more." ummm, no. in fact, i wish the swim was longer and colder. that is my time to shine. oh, how a different race it would be if sprint triathlons were switched, run 500 m, bike, then swim 5k. that might bring down the participants a bit though. meh.

highlights from this weekend. bought half a cow worth of beef from my uncle (four laundry baskets full. well, okay, i got a fourth and my in-laws got a fourth), saw my relatives, the girls spent some time on a farm, ate about a dozen farm fresh eggs, got a bruise from sword fighting with nerf swords, my new electric cordless trimmer works great, forgot to send a thank you note, did some resistance training, and ate quite a bit of barbque. all is well in the land of noz.

got some of my costume for ragbrai. hope it fits on my helmet.

the boss is running the dam to dam this saturday, the girls and i are support. costumes for everyone?

Monday - May 25

Run

20m

2.50 miles

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Bike

1h 03m

16.75 miles

15.95 Mi/hr

the nice thing about kids is that they provide plenty of training oppertunities. we were out for a walk on the bike trail and princess #2 dropped her jeffy (her best friend in the whole wide world), daddy had to run back over the trail to try to find it. some bikers had picked it up and biked past me to give it to my wife 2 miles down the trail.

then, princess #1 wanted to take a nap, in the bike trailer. so her and i went for a little resistance training ride. wow, that was tough.